Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tek

/tɛk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English

Syllables: tek
IPA: /tɛk/

7

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Pronunciation spelling of take, representing dialectal English.

Dated

noun

A method of, or procedure for, extracting, synthesizing, freebasing, or otherwise manufacturing or preparing recreational drugs.

Slang

noun

Initialism of traditional ecological knowledge.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Doncher know a cud hole yuh an' tek a kiss anytime a'd a mine tuh?"
"This tek yields a crude, semi-pure crystalline extract that can be ingested to produce the full range of effects of psilocybin mushrooms while mitigating some or all of the nausea and bodily discomfort commonly experienced."

Etymology

Used to represent a dialectal pronunciation of take.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /tɛk/

Usage

Inflected Forms

teks (present, singular) teking (participle, present) tekking (participle, present) took (past) tekked (past) tekt (past) tekken (participle, past) tekked (participle, past) tekt (participle, past) teks (plural)

Homonyms

tech

Rhymes With

check tech high-tech neck low-tech deck sec dec heck quebec wreck trek

Questions

How do you pronounce tek?: The recorded pronunciation is /tɛk/.
What does tek mean?: Pronunciation spelling of take, representing dialectal English.
Where does tek come from?: Used to represent a dialectal pronunciation of take.

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